IT was interesting and illuminating to note that Alex Salmond was recently denied a seat on a British Airways flight as a consequence of him booking his seat under the name of James T Kirk (“Salmond: beam me up, please”, The Herald, October 5).
One is tempted to say to the SNP's leader: “It's nationalism Nicola, but not as we know it...”
All he needs now is the Romulan cloaking device and we wouldn't need to witness any of these ridiculous antics.
Ian Graham,
6 Lachlan Crescent, Erskine.
GIVEN Alex Salmond’s predilection for travelling on planes using the name Captain Kirk, perhaps the rest of us should book flights in the name of Alex Salmond. Then, when the cabin crew ask if there’s an Alex Salmond on board, one of us can stand up and say “I’m Alex Salmond”, followed by the rest of us in turn standing to say “No, I’m Alex Salmond”. Of course, such a ruse was used by supporters of El Cid in the film of the same name to prevent the capture of the real El Cid – played by Kirk Douglas. Or maybe it was really Alex Salmond …
Professor Paul W Jowitt,
14 Belford Mews, Edinburgh.
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